Burn

[bɜːn] or [bɝn]

Definition

(noun.) damage inflicted by fire.

(noun.) a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body).

(noun.) an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation.

(noun.) pain that feels hot as if it were on fire.

(verb.) burn with heat, fire, or radiation; 'The iron burnt a hole in my dress'.

(verb.) undergo combustion; 'Maple wood burns well'.

(verb.) cause to undergo combustion; 'burn garbage'; 'The car burns only Diesel oil'.

(verb.) destroy by fire; 'They burned the house and his diaries'.

(verb.) feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion; 'She was burning with anger'; 'He was burning to try out his new skies'.

(verb.) feel hot or painful; 'My eyes are burning'.

(verb.) spend (significant amounts of money); 'He has money to burn'.

(verb.) burn at the stake; 'Witches were burned in Salem'.

(verb.) cause to burn or combust; 'The sun burned off the fog'; 'We combust coal and other fossil fuels'.

(verb.) shine intensely, as if with heat; 'The coals were glowing in the dark'; 'The candles were burning'.

Edited by Harold--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of heat or fire; -- frequently intensified by up: as, to burn up wood.

(v. t.) To injure by fire or heat; to change destructively some property or properties of, by undue exposure to fire or heat; to scorch; to scald; to blister; to singe; to char; to sear; as, to burn steel in forging; to burn one's face in the sun; the sun burns the grass.

(v. t.) To perfect or improve by fire or heat; to submit to the action of fire or heat for some economic purpose; to destroy or change some property or properties of, by exposure to fire or heat in due degree for obtaining a desired residuum, product, or effect; to bake; as, to burn clay in making bricks or pottery; to burn wood so as to produce charcoal; to burn limestone for the lime.

(v. t.) To make or produce, as an effect or result, by the application of fire or heat; as, to burn a hole; to burn charcoal; to burn letters into a block.

(v. t.) To consume, injure, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat; to affect as fire or heat does; as, to burn the mouth with pepper.

(v. t.) To apply a cautery to; to cauterize.

(v. t.) To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize; as, a man burns a certain amount of carbon at each respiration; to burn iron in oxygen.

(v. i.) To be of fire; to flame.

(v. i.) To suffer from, or be scorched by, an excess of heat.

(v. i.) To have a condition, quality, appearance, sensation, or emotion, as if on fire or excessively heated; to act or rage with destructive violence; to be in a state of lively emotion or strong desire; as, the face burns; to burn with fever.

(v. i.) To combine energetically, with evolution of heat; as, copper burns in chlorine.

(v. i.) In certain games, to approach near to a concealed object which is sought.

(n.) A hurt, injury, or effect caused by fire or excessive or intense heat.

(n.) The operation or result of burning or baking, as in brickmaking; as, they have a good burn.

(n.) A disease in vegetables. See Brand, n., 6.

(n.) A small stream.

Editor: Sonya

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Consume with fire, reduce to ashes.[2]. Calcine, char, scorch, toast, parch, bake.[3]. Injure by fire or heat.[4]. Shrivel, cause to wither.

v. n. [1]. Flame, be on fire.[2]. Glow, warm, be excited.

n. [Scottish.] Brook, rivulet, streamlet, runnel, rivulet, rill, small stream.

Checker: Selma

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Ignite, kindle, brand, consume, cauterize, rage, glow, smoulder, blaze, flash,cremate, incinerate

ANT:Extinguish, stifle, cool, wane, subside, glimmer, lower, pale

Inputed by Jane

Definition

n. a small stream or brook: a spring or fountain.

v.t. to consume or injure by fire.—v.i. to be on fire: to feel excess of heat: to be inflamed with passion:—pa.p. burned or burnt.—n. a hurt or mark caused by fire.—ns. Burn′er the part of a lamp or gas-jet from which the flame arises; Burn′ing act of consuming by fire: conflagration: inflammation.—adj. very hot: scorching: ardent: excessive.—ns. Burn′ing-glass a convex lens concentrating the sun's rays at its focus; Burn′ing-house a kiln; Burn′ing-mirr′or a concave mirror for producing heat by concentrating the sun's rays; Burn′ing-point the temperature at which a volatile oil in an open vessel will take fire from a match held close to its surface; Burnt′-ear a kind of smut in oats wheat &c. caused by a microscopic fungus; Burnt′-off′ering something offered and burned upon an altar as a sacrifice—amongst the Hebrews apparently offerings of dedication and to some extent of expiation; Burnt′-sienn′a (see Sienna); Burn′-the-wind (Scot.) a blacksmith.—Burn a hole in one's pocket said of money when one is eager to spend it; Burn blue to burn with a bluish flame like that of brimstone; Burn daylight (Shak.) to waste time in superfluous actions; Burn down to burn to the ground; Burn in to eat into as fire: to fix and render durable as colours by means of intense heat to imprint indelibly on the mind; Burning bush the emblem of the Presbyterian churches of Scotland with the motto 'Nec tamen consumebatur ' adopted from Ex. iii. 2 in memory of the unconquerable courage of the Covenanters under the cruel persecutions of the 17th century; Burning question one being keenly discussed; Burn one's boats to cut one's self off as Cortes did from all chance of retreat to stake everything on success; Burn one's fingers to suffer from interfering in others' affairs from embarking in speculations &c.; Burn out to destroy by means of burning: to burn till the fire dies down from want of fuel; Burn the water to spear salmon by torchlight; Burn up to consume completely by fire: to be burned completely.

Typist: Melville

Unserious Contents or Definition

Burns stand for tidings of good. To burn your hand in a clear and flowing fire, denotes purity of purpose and the approbation of friends. To burn your feet in walking through coals, or beds of fire, denotes your ability to accomplish any endeavor, however impossible it may be to others. Your usual good health will remain with you, but, if you are overcome in the fire, it represents that your interests will suffer through treachery of supposed friends.

Checked by Jo

Examples

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